English noun: valetudinarianism | |||
1. | valetudinarianism (state) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | ||
Synonyms | debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | softness, unfitness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting | ||